[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR4.111]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

PART 4_DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart C_Special Rules of Practice Before the Interior Board of 

                            Contract Appeals

 

Sec.  4.111  Prehearing or presubmission conference.



    Whether the case is to be submitted without a hearing, or heard 

pursuant to Sec.  Sec.  4.118 through 4.123, the Board may upon its own 

initiative or upon the application of either party, call upon the 

parties to appear before a member or hearing officer of the Board for a 

conference to consider:

    (a) The simplification or clarification of the issues;

    (b) The possibility of obtaining stipulations, admissions, 

agreements on documents, understandings on matters already of record, or 

similar agreements which will avoid unnecessary proof;

    (c) The limitation of the number of expert witnesses, or avoidance 

of similar cumulative evidence, if the case is to be heard;

    (d) The possibility of agreement disposing of all or any of the 

issues in dispute; and

    (e) Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the appeal.



Any conference results that are not reflected in a transcript shall be 

reduced to writing by the Board member or the hearing officer. This 

writing shall thereafter constitute part of the record.